Clothes-rack



(No Model.)

J. S. MARSH.

CLOTHES RACK.

No. 359,022. A Patented Marg-8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

lIAMES S. MARSH, OF LUCASVILLE, OHIO.

CLOTH ES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,022. dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed October 7, 1886. VSerial No. 215,608. (No'lnodcl.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES SHAoKELEoRD MARSH, of Lucasville, in the county of Scioto and State ot' Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Rack, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, compact, and durable clothes rack, wherein the parts shall be so arranged that the rack may be secured to an ordinary wardrobe-door, or any other proper xed support, in which latter case the rack becomes an independent piece of furniture.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

lFigure l is a View representing an ordinary form of wardrobe, to the inner face of the door of which my improved form of clotliesrack is secured. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of a portion ofthe device illustrated in Fig. 1, the view being taken on line rc .fc ot' said figure; and Fig. 3 is a View of a modified construction.

In the drawings, 10 represents a wardrobe of ordinary Construction and provided with a door, 11, to thel inner face ot' which my inrproved clothes-rack is secured. The clothe rack consists ot' asupporti iig-strip, 12, the rear edge of which is recessed to receive blocks 13, said blocks being secured to the strip12 in any propernay. To the strip 12 I hinge a rect-angular frame, lgwhich consists, essentially, of vertical strips 15 and horizontal cross'pieces 16,l said cross-pieces being provided with hooks 17, located upon either side thereof. rlotheinneriaceoftheouterstrip,15, there is secured a button, 18, the connect-ion between thebutton andthe strip being established through the medium of an elastic band, 19. This button 18 is arranged to engage with a socket, 20, that is secured to the inner face' of the door 11, said socket being formed with an outwardly extending and centrally slotted arm, 21. Ifdesired, a spiral spring, 23, might be substituted for thc elastic band 19, as indi# cated in Fig. 3.

In mounting my clothes-rack screws 2 are passed through the blocks 13, said screws entering aud engaging with the door 11.l The clothes are hung upon the hooks 17, and the frame 14 is held in the position in which it is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by bringing the button into engagement with the socket 20.

Then the device is to be used as an independent piece of' furniture,it is mounted by passing screws through the apertures inthe blocks 13, and driving said screws into any proper available support. In this case it is generally desirable that a curtain should be arranged above the rack, in order that all dust may be kept from the clothes carried thereby.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters f Patent- 1. In a clothes rack, the combination, with a supportingstrip, of a frame hinged thereto, hooks carried by the frame, a button yieldingly connected to the frame, and a socket adapted to receive the button, substantially as described.

2. In a clothesrack, the combination, with a strip, l2, carrying blocks 13, of a rectangular frame hinged to said strip, hooks carried by the frame, a button connectedv to the frame by a spring-band, and a socket with which the button is arranged to engage, substantially as described.

JAMES S. MARSH, 

